Gluten Free Greek Chicken Gyros
Juicy chicken thigh chunks cooked on skewers, folded into warm gluten free flatbreads with homemade tzatziki, chips and salad. Perfect summer comfort food! For best results marinade the chicken overnight.
Servings: 4 gyros
Ingredients
For the gyros meat:
- 300 g chicken thigh fillets
- Juice 1 lemon
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 large red onion
For the tzatziki
- 1/2 cucumber
- 250 g Greek yoghurt
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp mint sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
To serve
- 4 gluten free flatbreads or gluten free pittas
- 200 g gluten free oven chips
- salad
Instructions
For the chicken:
- Chop the chicken thigh fillets into thick strips. Add the lemon juice, garlic paste, oregano, paprika, cumin and salt to a bowl and mix well.
- Add the chicken strips and mix well until coated. Cover and place in the fridge for at least an hour - ideally overnight. This will really help develop the flavours.
- When the chicken is ready, preheat the oven to 200C / 180C / Gas Mark 6. Cut an onion in half and peel one half, then poke two skewers through it and sit it on a baking tray, cut-side-down and skewers pointing vertically - ideally raised up on a mesh (see blog above for photos) so the juices can drip down.
- Thread the chicken onto the skewers and push down on top of the onion half so it forms a compact, vertical kebab. Place in the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes until cooked through (a meat thermometer can help with this!). If making my gluten free oven chips, these take a similar amount of time to cook so pop them in the oven at the same time as the chicken.
For the tzatziki:
- Coarsely grate the cucumber using a box grater. Using your hands, squeeze as much liquid from the cucumber as possible.
- Add the cucumber to a bowl along with the other tzatziki ingredients and mix well. Keep in the fridge until ready to serve.
To assemble:
- While the chicken and chips cook, make the flatbreads using my recipe. If using shop-bought gluten free flatbreads, wraps or pittas, heat them as per the pack instructions.
- When everything is cooked, remove the chicken from the oven and slice off of the skewers. Slice the onion.
- Assemble the gyros by spreading them with tzatziki, then loading with chicken, onion, chips and any salad you might like. Wrap them up (use foil to keep them together) and tuck in!
